Plantation shutters (also known as plantation blinds and California shutters) are the slatted blinds you may have seen on traditional, romantic Southern mansions. There are pros and cons to plantation shutters, just like all types of blinds. If you’re curious about these shutters and whether they are right for your home, read on. The

Blinds are a great design feature and can totally transform not only your windows but the feel and look of a room. To keep them looking fresh, they need to be regularly cleaned. How you clean them depends on what type and material they are, from wood to roller, to vertical. Get an early jump

The New Year often pushes people’s renovation plans into overdrive. There’s something about a fresh, new year that makes people want a fresh new home. Of course, renovations can be expensive. If you aren’t ready to make a big investment in changing your whole home’s look, start with the room that makes the biggest impact—the

From the entire team here at Fasada, we’d like to wish you all the best during the holidays. Wherever you plan on celebrating the season, we hope it’s full of family, friends, and love. It’s hard to believe that 2018 is coming to a close. It seems like only yesterday we published our first blog

Although the first day of winter (Friday, December 21) won’t be here for many weeks, you just never know when winter weather will make an appearance. That’s why it’s wise for you to get your doors and windows from Fasada ready well before the snow, ice, wind, and freezing temperatures arrive. Here’s how. Doors Since

Keeping your home warm and secure through autumn and winter in Canada can be tricky—but not with the proper front entry door. With their higher insulation values and durability, fibreglass doors are a smart, long-term investment for your home. While there are many different door options out there, fibreglass doors meet the most needs of

It’s September and everyone here at Fasada hopes you had a great summer. If you’re like most families in Oakville, Burlington, Milton, and Hamilton, you probably spent as much time as possible on the backyard patio. That means opening and closing your sliding patio doors over and over and over again. Now that it’s the

One of the many questions Oakville, Burlington, Milton, and Hamilton homeowners ask us at Fasada is what the replacement window cost will be for their project. When setting your budget, there are a few factors you need to consider: Operating mechanism. Window type. Installation Operating mechanism Choosing the window style that’s right for you starts

Sometimes, when people visit Fasada, they want to know about bay windows when they really mean bow windows. Of course, the opposite is true too: People ask about bow windows when they’re really interested in bay windows. Because their names are so similar, it’s easy to get the two of them confused. Although there are

Need a new garage door for your home? Unlike, say, sliding patio doors or exterior doors, garage doors aren’t something homeowners like you buy very often. That said, there are telltale signs that your garage door is ready to give up the ghost: It looks old and outdated. It doesn’t run smoothly as it once